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The European Commission published the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and related guidelines on May 10, 2022. The purpose of the block exemption is to generally exempt...
7 April 2020 October 2020 6 May 2021 Key findings of the Staff Working Document The Staff Working Document responds to feedback that the Commission has received in consultations to date, and concludes that the H-BERs and the Horizontal Guidelines are useful instruments and remain relevant for stakeholders, but that they require revision in certain areas. The key feedback identified by the Commission includes: General issues Discrepancies in definitions compared to other EU legislation (e.g., non-full functionality joint ventures, potential competitors) Insufficient clarity on the centre of gr...
This experience was reflected in the UK in, for example, the Ping case and the RPM cases against a number of suppliers and retailers of, for example, musical instruments. As online sales have grown over the last decade, so too have the range of distribution systems used by businesses to sell goods online. Selective distribution systems, in which goods (particularly those of a luxury or technical nature) are sold only by those distributors who meet specified criteria, have become increasingly popular. The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has been active in cases dealing with selective dist...